Personal & social development // Area

Self-Awareness

7 topics for ages 5 to 11, ordered by the age each one starts. Read from top to bottom to follow the progression.

Age coverage

Ages 5 to 11

  1. Starts at age 5 // 2 topics

    Starting at age 5

    • Naming Your Feelings

      Notice what you are feeling and put a name to it — being able to label an emotion is the first step to understanding and managing it

      Ages 5 to 6Thinking skill
    • Vocabulary: self

      Know and use the vocabulary of self-reflection — self-awareness, reflect, pattern, trigger, assumption, impact, perspective, and notice — and understand that…

      Ages 5 to 10Language

  2. Starts at age 6 // 1 topic

    Starting at age 6

    • Feelings Versus Actions

      Understand that feelings and actions are separate — you can feel something strongly without having to act on it straight away

      Ages 6 to 8Thinking skill

  3. Starts at age 7 // 1 topic

    Starting at age 7

    • Patterns in Your Own Reactions

      Notice patterns in your own reactions — 'I tend to respond like this when I'm tired, left out, or put on the spot'

      Ages 7 to 9Thinking skill

  4. Starts at age 8 // 1 topic

    Starting at age 8

    • Your Impact on Others

      Reflect on how your behaviour lands on others — consider not just what you intended but what the actual impact was on the other person

      Ages 8 to 9Thinking skill

  5. Starts at age 9 // 1 topic

    Starting at age 9

    • Questioning First Impressions

      Notice when your first reading of a social situation might be wrong — your assumptions about why someone acted a certain way are not always facts

      Ages 9 to 10Thinking skill

  6. Starts at age 10 // 1 topic

    Starting at age 10

    • Personal Growth Over Time

      Reflect on your own growth over time — the things that challenge you now are not fixed, and noticing how you have already changed builds genuine self-knowledge

      Ages 10 to 11Thinking skill